新视野大学英语（第三版）读写教程4（思政智慧版）空军工程大学编B4U2 Text B 课文详解.pptx

DetailedStudyoftheText;TextReading;TextReading;2Attainingthehighestdegreeofyourbeautyisnotaboutlookinggoodduringsocialinteraction,orphysiologicalperfection,andyoucan’tgetthereviatechnology.It’sagrowthprocess,atransformationofselfthroughawarenessandlearning.It’saboutmeaning,andbeingreal.It’sanemotionalandspiritualwalk,anditrequiresfaithfueledwithliberaldosesoflovingkindness.;3Everyday,IhavethedelightandprivilegeoflovingRichard,myhusband,areal,human,emotionallyaccessibleman.We’reaboutthesameage,andourlookshavecorrodedabitovertime.Afteralmost20years,though,wehavegrowntogetherinwaysthatgofardeeperthanthesurfaceofourskin.Ourlifeislovelyevenifitdoesn’tmatchthecriterionofloveinmoviefantasies.;Welaughtogether,wesharethestrugglesofdailylifetogether,andthethoughtthathemightdiebeforeIdofillsmewithdread.Allthemuscle-boundmalemodelsintheworldcouldn’treplacemyveryown,sensual,outgoingfriend.Ittookme37yearstofindhim,andI’mnotabouttoreplacehimwiththeso-called“estheticperfection”.;4Iworkasapsychotherapist,andclientscometomyofficeeverydayscarredwithemotionalpainbecausetheirlivesaren’t“perfect”enough.Theyfeelinadequate,hopeless,andfrustratedwithjealousybecausetheycan’tattainlifeastheyseeitonthebigscreen.;IthelpswhenIprefaceoursessionswiththementionthattensofthousandsofdollarsgointoeverysecondofmediatheysee,thatstarshavedozensofpeopledevotedexclusivelytomakingthemlookgood(evenwhenthey’renaked),thattheeffortofmaintainingtheirimagesisanexhausting,full-timejob.The“beautiful”peopleinthemediaareunderenormouspressuretomaintaintheirlooks,andforsomereason,myclientsdon’trealizethatthey’reexemptfromthatpredominantpressure.;5Iunderscorethatallthefacecreams,physicalworkouts